Anna Bernardina Ericson Biography This biography appears on page 524 in "History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota" by Dana R. Bailey and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Joy Fisher, http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000031 . This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ERICSON, Miss ANNA BERNARDINA, is a native of Sweden and came to the United States in 1889, to visit her brother, Oscar Ericson, of Sioux Falls. In 1890 she commenced a course of phonography in the office of the court reporter, E. P. White, in order to perfect herself in the English language. In 1891 she had become so proficient in stenography and type writing that she obtained employment as stenographer in a law office, and since then has been employed by some of the best law firms in the city. She has also devoted considerable time to the collection of data, and in preparing the manuscript of this History for the press.